But I will prefer to cut the 2 middle steps, since the troublemakers could continue with 10 post, even with a single post.

Yeah but maybe once they are on low reputation they may think twice about making posts which may recieve negative ratings. Which I would of thought is the whole point really. A bit like the 'Justice field' on Dwarf lol

Quote:All posts may be edited by the original poster within the first 48 hours only

A problem I see with this is that it'll negate the posts where people update them over time. For example, there are two pinned threads in the General topic where people keep track of their theater visits and DVD list. If they can't edit their previous post to add additional information, the only thing that they can do is to add a new post. That leads to fragmentation and pretty much makes the thread useless.

Quote:The top post in an announcement or pinned topic may be edited without restriction.

Could you expand on the first part? Normal users cannot make real announcements so I'm not sure what that means. Threads introducing a plugin, HTML section, or other accessory are normal threads and not pinned. No longer being able to edit the first post in those is a bit of a drawback.

Sorry for nitpicking.Otherwise I think it is a great idea that has the potential of making this place a little more friendly again.

Interesting concept, but I predict that it will fall out of control, as there are those whose hatred is so great and sick that they will jump on anything, not unlike several users whom I see bringing their personal agendas to the voting system . Abuse of it will be rampant.